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Fawaz Adebisi At least twenty people were trapped in a collapsed four storey hotel building in Dape, Life Camp, Abuja, according to eyewitnesses at the site. The hotel building which is owned by Summit Villa Hotel Services collapsed on Monday, around 4pm while workers were on the construction site. However, it was gathered that as of 7:44pm, nine people had been rescued from the debris. Also, rescue team from the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) had arrived the scene to commence rescue operations.

Fawaz Adebisi Ejikeme Mmesoma, a student of Anglican Girls Secondary School, Nnewi, Anambra State, who was accused of forging her Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME result and her father, Ejikeme Romanus, have broken silence, claiming that the printed result is original. Recall that on Sunday, in a statement, Fabian Benjamin, JAMB spokesperson, revealed that the student, who was widely celebrated over 362 score, which is the highest for 2023 UTME, actually scored 249 in the exam. According to Benjamin, the student had  tampered with the original result to curry favour. However, speaking on Monday, the student said she printed her…

The Senator representing the Ogun West Senatorial District of Ogun State, Senator Olamilekan Adeola, popularly called Yayi, has filed out cash to 100 pilgrims in this year’s hajj exercise in Makkah, Saudi Arabia. The State Chairman, Tricycle Owners and Riders Association of Nigeria, (TORAN), Ogun State,Abdulwaasi Agunbiade, also called Yayi Agbara, disclosed this on Monday through a statement signed by the representative of Yayi Support Group,Makkah, Saudi Arabia, Alhaji Hussain Abubakar The statement quoted Agunbiade to have said the token was given to the identified pilgrims from Ogun West Senatorial District of the state as part of plans by the…

Osun State Police Command on Monday, warned Police officers against carrying handbags, umbrellas, and opening gates for political office holders. The Police however, warned politicians not to turn officers attached to them to domestic servants. A statement by the spokesperson of the command, Yemisi Opalola,on Monday, condemned the way politicians use their orderlies for domestic duties, saying it is irritating. The statement reads: “Osun State Police Command is miffed with consternation the way and manner these personalities use police orderlies attached to them for domestic duties such as carrying handbags, umbrellas, the opening of the gate, etc, and wish to…

An early Monday morning fire outbreak affected Soprom Hotel in the commercial city of Onitsha, Anambra State, destroying properties worth millions of naira. The Anambra State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, confirmed the incident. He said the fire started about 4:30 a.m. Ikenga said: “We got the information at about 4:30 a.m. and our men were quickly deployed to the scene to cordon off the area. “We don’t want the situation where people will take advantage of the fire incident to steal properties and other valuables. “The situation is under control; we are happy that no life was…

The President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, says acquiring luxurious things could be a distraction, saying, he doesn’t have a house anywhere outside Nigeria. Dangote, who is Africa’s richest man, however revealed that some of his staff have houses abroad which they use as holiday homes. The billionaire businessman made the disclosure in an interview with Business Insider Africa and published recently on Tonyelumelufoundation’s verified Instagram account. He stressed that acquiring luxurious things could be a distraction, saying: “Luxury things – they also take up your time which will not make you focus on your business. “I mean, I…

For the fourteenth year in a row, Zenith Bank Plc has retained its ranking as the Number One Bank in Nigeria by Tier-1 Capital in the 2023 Top 1000 World Banks’ Rankings. The bank has held its position as the number one Tier-1 bank in Nigeria, emerging as the 467th Bank globally with a Tier-1 capital of $2.54 billion. The Banker Magazine made this announcement in it’s publication in the July 2023 edition of The Banker Magazine of the Financial Times Group, United Kingdom. The rankings were based on the 2022 year-end Tier-1 capital of banks globally. The rankings…

Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, on Monday, began distribution of power-generating sets to power the borehole in the 332 wards in the state. PLATFORM TIMES gathered that the governor sunk the 332 boreholes as part of the achievements of his 100 days in office. The Ministry of Information and Civic Orientation, disclosed this in a statement issued in Monday. The Ministry added that the power-generating sets were to be used to power the 332 boreholes recently constructed in all the political wards in the state to mark the 100 days in office of the present administration. The Director of Water…

By Onomiguren Agbamu The Chief Press Secretary to Delta State Governor, Sir Festus Ahon has dismissed the alleged insinuation that the state Governor, Rt. Hon Sheriff Oborewori is in loggerhead with the immediate past Governor of the state over the cabinet members, but that the governor is taking his time to pick suitable and competent hands to be appointed into the State Executive Council. Sir Ahon, who was reacting to reports in a section of the media, said the Governor is not pressured from anyone, not even his predecessor, on the choice of cabinet members as was wrongly reported. He…

By Onomiguren Agbamu The Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON), Delta State chapter, on Monday, clarified reports published in a section of the media as regards the N40 billion borrowed to pay accrued rights owed primary school and local government pensioners in the State. The State ALGON Chairman, Hon. Victor Ebonka, who gave the clarification after a meeting of the Joint Account Allocation Committee (JAAC) in Asaba, said it was not the State Government that was borrowing the funds. Flanked by his colleagues, Ebonka said it was the statutory duty of Local Governments to pay pensions to its retirees…